Of course, the newlywed temple is not a temple of sue, but it is similar in nature, and it is also a sue ancestral shrine. However, the ancestral shrine of the Gao family is in Xinzheng, and the ancestral spirit card can only be placed to sacrifice remotely, and there are many rules, but it is not worth detailing, so I brought it over.

As for visiting the aunt, that is, the young couple first met Gao Yan and his wife at Baiyulou, and then went to Chengguo Gongnanhu Villa to meet Huang Chengzu, which is also a routine matter, and it is not mentioned either.

After this trip, even if the wedding is done nine times out of ten, Gao Shishi, who returns to Baiyulou, can wait to receive the gift.

With a high and pragmatic connection and status, after this marriage was completed, the gift list was placed over there and was full of six large desks, and all kinds of gifts were divided into categories and added up to more than 2,000 pieces, which is still not considered gold and silver vulgarity.

There are so many gifts, of course it is impossible for Gao Pragmatic himself to count them one by one, this is all the business of Gao Mo, the big housekeeper, he just looks at the first batch of gifts - to be precise, the gifts given by the most important group of people.

The No. 1 gift list of Tianzi cannot be someone else's, it is the congratulatory gift of Zhu Yijun, the current saint and the son of Wanli.

There are three kinds of congratulatory gifts from the emperor: a piece of Chenhan's "Annan Dingbei", two pairs of gold-inlaid jade chopsticks, and a statue of Guanyin sent by Hetian white jade.

Needless to say, the gold-inlaid jade chopsticks are the jade chopsticks inlaid with gold, and the statue of Guanyin is the same as the meaning of "early birth of a noble son". The most valuable thing here must be the one-foot-four-inch-high Jade Guanyin, but the most noble is Chenhan written by the emperor's imperial pen.

Gao pragmatic has won a lot of Chenhan from the emperor, and this time Chenhan is the most written, and it can be hung in the main hall. The only trouble is that Gao Shishi now lives in the White Jade Building, and the decoration in the White Jade Building is a typical French court decoration, and it is a little strange to hang a picture of Emperor Chenhan in it. Therefore, after thinking about it, he decided to let Daddy Gao Yan take it back to Xinzheng, frame it well, and hang it in the main hall of Longwen Yayuan.

After the emperor's congratulatory gift, there is the congratulatory gift of the queen mother of the two palaces and the queen of the king, but their congratulatory gift itself is not important, what matters is only their identity, and there is no need to say much.

Further down are the congratulatory gifts of King Lu and several eldest princesses. This is strange, because generally speaking, King Lu cannot casually send congratulatory gifts to the ministers of the current court. As for the two eldest princesses, although there is no such restriction, the eldest princesses in the past are usually more willing to be cautious and self-controlled, and will not get involved in the personal exchanges between the ministers of the DPRK and China.

Of course, these two eldest princesses have something to do with Gao Pragmatic, and it is not a big deal to send a congratulatory gift, the key is King Lu's actions - King Lu's mansion has not been repaired for so long, he has already sent two python robes before, and this time he sent a wedding gift again despite the taboo of the vassal king.

Thinking about this matter, Gao Pragmatic has a bit of a headache. He is not a stingy person, if he wants to break the fortune and eliminate the disaster now, or say that after giving a sum of money to King Lu, there are no other bad consequences except for making the emperor and the queen mother happy, then he doesn't mind giving 200,000 or 300,000 taels, even if this money is definitely a huge amount of money in the people, it doesn't matter.

But the problem is that there will definitely be bad consequences if this money is out, and the impact is very bad, and a large group of people in the DPRK and China are waiting for him to make a mistake!

"Spending a huge amount of money and pro-vassal kings, the heart of disobedience is obvious!" - Who can stand this?

However, King Lu dared to do this, which in itself means that there must be someone behind him, otherwise how dare he? It's just that I don't know if the person behind it is the emperor or the Empress Dowager Cisheng, or both, so I can't ignore it.

Gao pragmatic looked at these gift lists casually, and the things were relatively ordinary, all of them would not be caught and sprayed by the officials, so he didn't look at them anymore.

Then came the congratulatory gifts from the nobles, and the gifts on the gift list began to become diverse and increased in value. All kinds of gold, beads and jade are just ordinary goods, and the important thing is that there are many rare books, rare books, and rare books, which are rare and valuable gifts among literati and elegant guests. When these things are added together, it is enough to open an exhibition, and the specific value cannot be measured at all.

Even if it is a person like Gao Yan who was born in the family of the eunuchs, he can't help but tremble with his hands when he sees so many elegant things, and he tells Gao Zheng to take good care of it, and he must not be sloppy. Gao pragmatically agreed with a smile, and didn't seem to pay much attention. Zhang was afraid that he would take it lightly, so he confessed to Gao Mo alone.

After these things were done, Gao Pragmatic couldn't rest, and took Huang Zhiting to greet his relatives, and by the way, he took the homework of his younger brothers to school.

If you want to say that the Gao family's temperament, it may have been really sucked clean by Gao Pragmatic alone, and the homework of several younger brothers is relatively average in his opinion, and the birth taker must be no problem, but it depends on luck to lift people. He came up with a big question at random, looked at their solution, and took it to Gao Yun.

After reading it, Gao Yan thought for a while, shook his head slightly, and said, "It's decent." ”

"There is a lack of aura, and there is a lack of atmosphere." Gao pragmatic spoke much more directly than his father: "The breakthrough of the current text is the general outline of the whole text, and it must be done from a strategic position and an overview of the overall situation." Like a few of you, even if the following article is handed over to me to continue for you, it won't be able to continue a splendid one. ”

The younger brothers all looked dejected and didn't dare to say anything, and the Zhang family was still helping on the side, saying: "A few little cubs usually think they are in the clan school, what do you say for your mother?" As far as your ability is concerned, the article is in front of the eldest brother, and it looks good with yours, so now you should do it, right? ”

Gao Wu, who had already passed on Gao Gong and grace to Shang Bao Si, saw that his younger brothers were deflated, but he still carried forward a little brother's style, and persuaded: "The eldest brother is the champion of the six heads, and it is inevitable that he will be picky, although I see that these articles are not good, but they also have some laws, and after reading and tasting them for a long time in the future, they will naturally improve-eldest brother, right?" ”

Gao Shishi nodded reluctantly, and said: "Originally, I couldn't read articles like yours, and I should teach them personally, but you also know that I have a lot of affairs now, and I really can't spare too much time." Otherwise, I have a surname Xiao in the same year, a good name, the word is occupied, and the number is Hanzhong, which is the eye of my list, and now he is an official in the Hanlin Academy. I'm going to talk to him and ask him to come and give you some counseling...... You don't want to go back to Xinzheng, and stay in Beijing in the future. ”

It stands to reason that the parents of the sixth room are Gao Yan, and others are here, even if Gao is the eldest son, he should not be overstepping his responsibilities and making a direct decision. But his eldest son is too special, and he is talking about academic matters, Gao Yan didn't dare to question the opinion of the six champions, but could only follow his words: "Good, good, good!" If you can have Xiao Bang's eyes to guide you to knowledge, you will be relieved to be a father. ”

Then he turned to Gao Pragmatic and said, "Wu Zheng and Wu want to stay with you as well?" ”

Gao Shiqin originally had six younger brothers, among which Gao Wuguan was succeeded to Gao Gong, and Gao Wuqin had already gone to Annan, and now he has been named the commander of the six towns. In this way, there are two younger brothers, Gao Wujian and Gao Wuzhong, followed by Gao Wuzheng and Gao Wuruo - the two youngest brothers are concubines and half-siblings with him.

The reason why Gao Yan said this was, of course, that he was a little worried that Gao Pragmatic would not have too clear views, leaving only Gao Wujian and Gao Wuzhong, and leaving Wu Zheng and Wu Ruo aside.

But in fact, Gao Pragmatism basically doesn't matter, he even thinks that under a family like the Gao family, the younger brother of the concubine is likely to be much more obedient than the younger brother of the concubine, and maybe it is better to teach. So he said without hesitation: "Naturally stay here, a sheep is to drive, a group of sheep is also to drive, why bother." ”

When he said this, he glanced at his mother Zhang out of the corner of his eye, and found that Zhang's expression was still calm, and there was no sense of displeasure. After a little thought in his heart, he understood: probably in her opinion, these two younger brothers studied hard, and it was impossible for them to reach the height of their six champions, so they didn't care very much.

He taught his younger brother here, and Huang Zhiting chatted with his three younger sisters on the other side. Among his three sisters, there are also two sisters-in-law and one sister-in-law. Gao Pragmatic didn't communicate much with them, and he didn't have much interest in participating in the chat at their daughter's house, so he thought it would be good to communicate separately in this way.

About half an hour later, the sky gradually began to darken, and the maids had already begun to go to the banquet hall to arrange the family banquet, when suddenly someone hurried to meet them.

At this time, Gao Zheng was far away, but Gao Yan was close, and the person who came actually knew Gao Yan, hurriedly stepped forward to meet him, and said: "Aunt, the younger one is a descendant of the University Scholar's Mansion, and the old man just received an urgent report from Puzhou, the old lady ...... Crane ride. ”

This man was in his forties, and he was full of anger when he spoke, and everyone heard what he said.

As soon as Zhang heard that his father died, his eyes were dark, and his whole strength seemed to be evacuated, and he fell backwards after a while, fortunately Gao Wujian and Gao Wuzhong were close, and hurriedly supported his mother.

Gao Pragmatic also hurriedly stepped forward to check, but fortunately, Zhang's blood was just surging suddenly, and after being supported by the two sons, he had already come back to his senses, and when he saw Gao Pragmatic, the eldest son she was most pleased with, came over, two lines of hot tears flowed down at once, but there was no sound in his mouth, just whimpering and crying.

Huang Zhiting also hurriedly trotted over, she had the pain of losing her mother, and she was far more empathetic than Gao Pragmatism, helping Zhang to sit down and comforting in a low voice.

Gao Pragmatic felt that he seemed to cry a few times, but he didn't have any sad thoughts, but secretly got a fluke: Fortunately, the matter of adding cabinet ministers was done first, otherwise this would not be a bad dish?

On second thought: No, I still have to squeeze some tears......

Who knew that when he glanced at his eyes, he just found that his father Gao Yan was also entangled, and he seemed to be in the embarrassment of wanting to cry but couldn't cry.

Gao pragmatic said: This ...... If my dad doesn't cry, I'd better stop crying, lest he be more embarrassed, so I can just take some responsibility.

So he immediately said loudly: "Come on, check the carriage and horses, and use them early tomorrow morning!" And you, you, you, a few of you go to pack up your things for the grandfather and the lady, and you will leave with the car tomorrow. ”

Zhang listened to it and sobbed: "Don't be tomorrow, leave tonight!" ”

Who knew that Gao Yan stopped him and said, "Not tonight, but tomorrow." As he spoke, he glanced at Zhang.

Only then did Zhang remember that it was indeed not possible today, his son's wedding was only finished today, so what was the matter of leaving tonight? Hurriedly grabbed Huang Zhiting's hand and said, "Zhiting, I'm confused for my mother......"

Huang Zhiting didn't care too much, and hurriedly said that she could understand, and then continued to persuade her.

Gao Yan pulled Gao pragmatic aside and said with a wry smile: "I originally planned to stay with you for a while, but unfortunately the sky was unsatisfactory......

In these years, filial piety is greater than the sky, of course, Gao Pragmatic will not express his displeasure, but said with a sad face: "Grandpa is gone at this time, and the child has an official position, so he can't leave easily, so he can only work hard for his father to go through this experience, and the child is not filial......"

The father and son talked a few nonsense, and Gao Yan went to comfort his wife and liberated Huang Zhiting.

Huang Zhiting didn't know if she was infected by Zhang's family, but she actually shed some tears with her, and when she was pulled aside by Gao Shicheng, her eyes were red.

It's a pity that Gao Pragmatic doesn't have so much sentimentality, and as soon as he speaks, he is down to business: "Grandpa passed away, my uncle will inevitably resign early tomorrow morning, although he is Yuanfu, but generally speaking, it will take two or three days to step down, and I may be very busy for a while......"

"The slave family knows, don't worry about it, deal with the changes in the DPRK and China."

Gao pragmatically nodded and didn't say anything more.

There was no pilgrimage early the next morning, but Gao Pragmatic still went out before dawn and went to the Yamen of the Ministry of War to wait for news.

All yamen will have some way in the Department of General Administration, and the Ministry of War is of course no exception, and before the morning was over, the news of Zhang Siwei's resignation came over.

However, the emperor did not approve it immediately, but rushed from the Qianqing Palace to the Wenhua Hall to summon Zhang Siwei.

The conversation between the emperor and the first assistant monarch was very secretive, and everyone was ordered to go out and wait, even Chen Ju, so Gao Shishi didn't know what they talked about.

The only follow-up news was that after Zhang Siwei left the palace, he sent someone to tell Gao Pragmatic that he would leave in the afternoon.

In the Ming Dynasty, "going to work" was also a point, and Gao Shishi held on until noon, and hurriedly rushed to Zhang Siwei's house to see off - of course, the send-off is secondary, the important thing is to see what the uncle has to say.

The Zhang family is a wealthy family, and there is a precursor to the death of the old lady, so when Gao Pragmatic rushed there, the Zhang family's convoy was already ready.

When Gao Shishi arrived, Zhang Siwei sat alone in the flower hall in a daze, seemingly a little distracted. When Gao pragmatic called him, Zhang Siwei came back to his senses and beckoned to his nephew: "Sit down." ”

Gao pragmatic sat down when he heard this, and said, "Uncle's Day mourns." ”

Zhang Siwei shook his head slightly and sighed: "Don't say these words, let's get down to business, I'm a little worried about talking to you." ”

Gao pragmatically nodded and said, "Uncle, please speak." ”

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